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In early May 2013, I asked the PBO to prepare an analysis of the closing tax loopholes measures between 2010 and 2013. The PBO couldn't complete this task because CRA would not provide him with the necessary data. The PBO is actually entitled to that data under the Parliament of Canada Act. That act also includes a confidentiality clause, section 79.4, that prevents the PBO from disclosing any financial or economic data that he receives while performing his mandate.
Why then is CRA maintaining it must anonymize this data before providing it to the PBO when in fact the PBO under the Parliament of Canada Act is obligated to protect the confidentiality of that data?